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I think I’m leaving Zionism, or Zionism is leaving me.
I was 21 years old the first time I went to Israel.
Like many American Jews, my first experience was through Taglit Birthright, a Jewish organization that offered a 10-day, all-expenses-paid tour of the country. For young Jews, especially the secular kind (as I was), the Birthright trip is often a moving and dramatic experience. You are greeted and spoken to like a long lost family member returning home; you are told, accurately, that the land you are on was ruled by your ancestors...